Ivorian Civil War
A Roman Catholic from Diawala in the north of the country, Soro led the rebel Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire (MPCI) in a September 2002 rebellion against the government of President Laurent Gbagbo that triggered the Ivorian Civil War. In December 2002 Soro's MPCI combined with two other rebel groups – Ivorian Popular Movement of the Great West (MPIGO) and Movement for Justice and Peace (MJP) – to form the les Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire (New Forces). He became Secretary-general of the group.
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